Tex. Prop. Code § 71.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

PRESUMPTION OF DEATH.

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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

An individual is presumed dead for the purpose of determining if the individual's real or personal property is subject to escheat if the individual:

(1) is absent from the individual's place of residence for seven years or longer; and

(2) is not known to exist.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3585, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 230, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.71.htm
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